Archive for October, 2010
ISSUE — AMHERST LIQUOR SALES
AMHERST — Voters in Precinct C of the city’s 4th Ward will vote on a request to expand Sunday liquor sales at a local supermarket. Issue 18 is a request by Riser Foods, which operates the Giant Eagle supermarket on Kresge Drive, to expand Sunday beer, wine and liquor sales to 10 a.m. to midnight. [...]
Funds sought for expansion
ISSUE — AMHERST LIBRARY Steve Fogarty The Chronicle-Telegram AMHERST — If a 28-year bond issue to build an $11 million addition to the Amherst Public Library goes down in flames next month, it won’t be for lack of trying. “The campaign committee did a much better job this time getting the word out, and getting [...]
Attorney Kilroy, incumbent Boros facing off for gavel
COUNTY — JUDGE What is the most important issue facing the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts and how would you address it? Deborah Boros: A greater need for services in a declining economy with a decreasing budget is the issue facing our court. Services include family mediation, truancy, probation, home-based and residential services, psychological, substance [...]
ISSUE — ELYRIA LIQUOR SALES
ELYRIA — A West Avenue business wants to add Sunday liquor sales and would like voters in the 5th Ward to agree to it on Election Day. The LB Market, 1412 West Ave., has a liquor issue on the ballot. Voters in Ward 5, Precinct D, will be asked if they agree that the establishment [...]
Permanent tax hike would bolster city’s police force, adding 18 officers
ISSUE — ELYRIA POLICE LEVY Lisa Roberson The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — The Elyria Police Department and a group of citizen leaders are hoping voters’ desire to live in a safer community will compel residents to agree to pay more to put more officers on the streets. For the ninth time in six years, Elyria has [...]
Vote sought to rezone a tiny parcel on 254
ISSUE — AVON CHARTER AMENDMENT Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram AVON — City officials are hoping residents will vote to rezone a tiny sliver of land on Detroit Road from residential to commercial to match the surrounding area that is zoned commercial. The charter amendment voters will see on the ballot aims to undo a mistake [...]
Cut in city’s income tax credit goes before voters
ISSUE — LORAIN TAX CREDIT REFERENDUM Melissa Hebert The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — Is Lorain’s decision to reduce the income tax credit by half for residents who work outside the city a budget-saving revenue enhancer or a punishment that is driving people out of the city? Well, that depends on whom you ask. City Auditor Ron [...]
Levy would maintain level of service
ISSUE — LORAIN COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — More than half of the operating budget for Lorain County Children Services is tied to a replacement levy that will be on the ballot next month. The 1.5-mill levy will bring in more than $9.5 million per year and will be used for [...]
ISSUE — LORAIN LIQUOR SALES
LORAIN — A Lorain bar is seeking to expand into Sunday hours. Issue 24 on the ballot is a vote to permit alcohol sales on Sunday between 10 a.m. and midnight at Time Out Tavern, 3320 Oberlin Ave., Lorain. The voters in Ward 8, Precinct B, will decide the issue. — from staff reports
Voters have power to decide on power
ISSUE — VERMILION ELECTRIC AGGREGATION Steve Fogarty The Chronicle-Telegram VERMILION — Vermilion residents will decide Nov. 2 whether to implement a new program offered by FirstEnergy that is designed to save money on electric bills while awarding grant funds to the city. The one-time grant of $137,000, which includes $30 for every electric meter in [...]
Charter amendment passage would lock in safety pensions
ISSUE — OBERLIN POLICE PENSION Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram OBERLIN —The city is hopeful voters approve a charter amendment that sets property tax limits for police and fire pensions that won’t have to be renewed or adjusted because of property tax rollbacks. Currently, the city asks voters every five years to renew pension millage, which [...]
Charter change would bring ballot deadlines in step with state
ISSUE — NORTH RIDGEVILLE CHARTER AMENDMENT Steve Fogarty The Chronicle-Telegram NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The city is asking voters to OK a charter amendment that will lengthen the filing deadline for municipal election issues from 75 to 90 days. The change is being sought primarily to allow more time for absentee ballots to be prepared and [...]
City seeks half-percent increase to help fund services, balance books
ISSUE — VERMILION INCOME TAX Steve Fogarty The Chronicle-Telegram VERMILION — Longtime residents will see something they’ve seen before when they step into the ballot box in this lakeside community Nov. 2. A half-point income tax hike is on the ballot — again. If it passes, it will earn the distinction of being the first [...]
ISSUE — NORTH RIDGEVILLE LIQUOR SALES
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Voters in Precinct A of the city’s 1st Ward will vote on a request on expand liquor sales at a local gas station-carryout. Issue 26 is a request by the Clark Gas station at 39475 Center Ridge Road to expand beer, wine and liquor sales to 10 a.m. to midnight on Sundays. [...]
Success of two measures would help fund city services
ISSUE — OBERLIN REPLACEMENT TAXES Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram OBERLIN — Voters will be asked to approve replacement levies for general operations and for garbage disposal that city officials said will help cover increased costs. If voters approve both replacement levies, the owner of a $100,000 home would pay a combined $12.14 more per year, [...]
Tax renewal sought to keep area attraction operational
ISSUE — WELLINGTON SPIRIT OF ’76 MUSEUM Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram WELLINGTON — The Spirit of ’76 museum and its 4,000 or so historic artifacts are supported by a property tax up for renewal in November. The tax covers the upkeep of the building in downtown Wellington and is essentially the only income supporting the [...]
Voters asked to OK first-ever charter
ISSUE — WELLINGTON VILLAGE CHARTER Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram WELLINGTON – Village officials hope voters like their bare-bones form of government enough to protect it by passing a charter in November. They say passage of Issue 32 – the proposed charter — would do just that. Wellington is a few hundred people away from having [...]
ISSUE — WELLINGTON LIQUOR SALES
WELLINGTON — Voters in the second precinct of the village will decide if the American Legion Spirit of ’76 Post will have Sunday liquor sales. The legion has applied for a D-6 liquor permit allowing sale of wine and mixed beverages and liquor on Sundays between the hours of 11 a.m. and midnight. It is [...]
Levy backers hope third time’s the charm
ISSUE — AVON SCHOOLS District projects deficit next year if measure fails Melissa Hebert The Chronicle-Telegram AVON — The Avon Schools, ranked one of the best districts in Lorain County by the state, is heading back to the polls, asking voters for a third time to pass an operating levy to bolster its sagging finances. [...]
District seeks two levies to keep momentum going
ISSUES — CLEARVIEW SCHOOLS If both approved, owner of $100,000 house would add $132 a year to taxes Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram SHEFFIELD TWP. — After the rejection of seven emergency levies in three years, the Clearview school district finally swayed voters in 2007 when voters approved a 5.9-mill levy by a slim 37 votes. [...]
Levy’s failure could put district under state control
ISSUE — LORAIN SCHOOLS Melissa Hebert The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — Janet Garcia has been involved with the Lorain Schools ever since she began volunteering when her oldest daughter, now-18-year-old Jasmine, started preschool. She’s been an in-school volunteer, worked with the PTO and served on close to a half-dozen committees. Garcia took on her biggest responsibility [...]
A two-for-one deal, if bond issue is OK’d
ISSUE — KEYSTONE SCHOOLS Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram LAGRANGE — Keystone Schools officials aren’t overconfident, but they like their chances that a 2.19-mill bond issue to build a new middle school will pass Nov. 2. The bond issue won’t cost residents of the district any additional money because that’s the exact amount that will drop [...]
More money requested by LCCC to cope with its massive growth in enrollment
ISSUE — LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Lisa Roberson The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — Lorain County Community College could lose 13 percent of its funding if a replacement levy on the November levy fails. The loss of funding will put the college, which is experiencing record enrollment growth, in the realm of making serious cuts to some [...]
District tries to get first new money since ’93
ISSUE — MIDVIEW SCHOOLS Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram GRAFTON — Five months ago, more than 20 people were laid off, non-conference middle school sports competitions were eliminated and typical maintenance to areas such as athletic fields was drastically reduced after voters rejected a 7.51-mill additional emergency levy for Midview Schools. In an attempt to stem [...]
District faces financial crunch if levy goes down
ISSUE — WELLINGTON SCHOOLS Cindy Leise The Chronicle-Telegram WELLINGTON — Passage of a new levy for the Wellington Schools could be crucial to the very existence of the district, Superintendent Francis Scruci said. The 5-mill levy divided between current expenses and permanent improvements would help close a funding gap that is expected to occur before [...]